TradingMarkets 7 options you need to know for today

• July 18, 2006
• Brice Wightman

Here are 7 options for option
traders for Wednesday:

Ford
[F|F] had plenty of call buying. The
stock closed at 6.44 and the August 7 1/2 puts (F TU) closed at 1.15 – 1.20.

Jabil Circuit
(
JBL |
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to call buying. The stock
closed at 22.64 and the August 22 1/2 puts (JBL TX) closed at 1.00 – 1.10.

Ingersoll Rand
(
IR |
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to call buying.
The stock closed at 36.87 and the August 37 1/2 puts (IR TU) closed at 1.75 –
1.90.

Encysive Pharmaceuticals
(
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had unusual call activity. The
stock closed at 6.01 and the August 5 puts (IQE TA) closed at 0.85 – 1.00.

Abercrombie & Fitch
(
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broke to the downside.
The stock closed at 50.95 and the August 50 puts (ANF TJ) closed at 1.95 –
2.05.

UST

(
UST |
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broke to the upside.
The stock closed at 47.93 and
the August 45 calls (UST HI) closed at 3.40 – 3.70.

Seagate
(
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also broke to the upside.

The stock closed at 23.44 and the August 25 calls (STX HE) closed at 0.75 –
0.85.

Brice Wightman

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